"10mm WWI barbed wire..." Topic

After miniatures, tanks and damaged buildings, I need some barbed wire bases for my WWI Pz8 rules scenarios…

For your curiosity our blog link and some pics:

Would it be churlish to say that barbed wire in WW1 didn't look like this ? In fact , it looked more like this :

Some nice WW1 terrain here , including barbed wire :

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@Grand Dragon, barbed wire had, and has, different methods of use.

Your link is interesting but, if I don' t make a mistake, it' s for 28mm. My bases are for 10mm and they are for wargaming use, according to Pz8 rules and for 1918

However here are some other methods:

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for WWI and WWI

ad this other link

I had a go at some a while ago this is a far as I've gotten up to now I need to rust up the barb wire and add some grass to the base.

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Not perfect but it does work well for 15mm & 28mm figures

it is designed to be modular so you can mess around with the layout with the bends

The examples illustrated above (linear and coiled) demonstrate the range of methods used for wiring positions. In general, the specific styles that have been modelled reflect systems in use during the earlier part of the war. As the war progressed so the wire defences became thicker and more entangled. Here is a view of part of the Hindenburg Line for example:

This image (apologies for small size) shows the use of a piece of plastic pot scourer, painted black then dry brushed with silver and rust:

This allows large quantities to be made quickly. The scale works well for 6 and 10 mm. Here is an example of the widespread use of this approach:

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Note that coils of barbed wire were the standard way that it was carried forward. In emergency situations, for example consolidating a captured position, then the coils were preserved as it was easier to set the wire in position.

Robert